Detroit Film Theatre

HANNAH ARENDT

Saturday, September 14, 2013

9:30 PM Detroit Film Theatre

(Germany/2012—directed by Margarethe von Trotta)

In the award-winning
Hannah Arendt, Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta (Vision,
Rosa Luxemburg) for an eye-opening and insightful new biopic of the
influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt’s
reporting on the 1961 trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial
both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced
her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Using footage from the actual
Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta
turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive, dramatic cinema.
An Official Selection at the Toronto International and New York Jewish Film
Festivals, Hannah Arendt co-stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher Martin
Heidegger, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and
two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) as novelist Mary
McCarthy. In English and German with English subtitles. (113 min.)

“Critics’ Pick!
Ardent and intelligent… Turns ideas into the best kind of entertainment.” –A.O. Scott, The New York Times